Marriage Quote by Lynette Fromme

A collective love story that curdles into a political stance: Fromme’s language is all soft edges and communal warmth, but it’s doing hard work. “Many women around” sketches a supposedly abundant, safe feminine space. “Very strong” and “minds kind of hooked up” romanticize the mechanics of groupthink as intimacy, turning conformity into a feeling rather than a choice. The verb “hooked” is telling: it’s casual, almost cute, yet it hints at dependence and capture.

The real pivot is the double rejection. “We rejected the society” is broad enough to sound like generational rebellion, the kind you can sell on a poster. Then she narrows it: “We rejected marriage.” Not because marriage is inherently oppressive, but because it reminded them of their parents. That’s the subtextual engine here - a politics built from disgust and inheritance. The grievance isn’t only institutional; it’s familial, personal, and therefore endlessly fuelable. If your enemy is “what our parents had,” you never have to specify what you want, only what you refuse.

In context, Fromme is narrating the Manson-era fantasy of alternative kinship: a tight, female-coded “family” offering certainty, belonging, and moral clarity against a corrupt mainstream. The quote frames that withdrawal as enlightened solidarity, but it also launders coercion. “All of our minds” collapses individual agency into a single shared consciousness - a seductive alibi when accountability comes due.